A PA28 PLT ATTEMPTING A HIGH SPD TAXI TO CLR ENG VALVE CARBON BECAME AIRBORNE WITH INSUFFICIENT STOP DISTANCE. HE GND LOOPED HIS ACFT CAUSING STRUT AND WING DAMAGE.

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CONSTRUCTION OF LETHAL HAZARDS UP TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE RWY. NIGHTTIME: IN DAYLIGHT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE RECOGNIZED MY EXCESSIVE SPD AND TAXI RUN EASILY. FAILURE TO USE RESOURCES AVAILABLE: I COULD HAVE HAD THE PAX (A PVT PLT) CONSULT WITH ME BEFOREHAND; AND ALSO CALL OUT THE AIRSPDS DURING TAXI. HAD I DONE THE FORMER; WE'D PROBABLY HAVE NEVER DONE THE TAXI. AND THE LATTER; ESPECIALLY IF COUPLED WITH AN AGREEMENT FOR AN ABORT SIGNAL AT A GIVEN (SAFE) IAS; WOULD HAVE AVOIDED THE ACCIDENT. HUMAN FACTORS: FATIGUE; STRESS FROM NON FLYING-RELATED; AND IMPATIENCE TO 'GO FLYING' MAY ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO ERRONEOUS DECISION-MAKING. OTHER THINGS: AT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF HRS; PLTS MAY GET A LITTLE TOO INFORMAL AND RELAXED ABOUT MARGINS; PLANNING OUT THE NUMBERS; ETC. AND YET; THE PLT DOES NOT HAVE THE IMMENSE EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD KEEP HIM OUT OF TROUBLE; OR LET HIM INSTANTLY SEE HIS SITUATION AND ESCAPE FROM TROUBLE. THIS MAY BE A FACTOR HERE. IN LOOKING AT THE INCIDENT I BELIEVE THAT IN THIS INCIDENT; AS WELL AS OTHERS AT WHP AND OTHER ARPTS; NOT ENOUGH CONSIDERATION (OR BLAME) IS GIVEN TO THE DANGER FACTORS OF CLOSE-IN OBSTRUCTIONS AND HOW THEY CUT THE SAFETY MARGIN FOR ERROR. AT A SAFER ARPT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO INCIDENT AT ALL. BUILDING OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE VERY EDGE OF A RWY IS; IN MY OPINION; CAN AMOUNT RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. SOME PEOPLE; LESS RETICENT THAN MYSELF; WOULD CALL IT ATTEMPTED MURDER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE HAD NOT TAKEN THE TIME TO CALCULATE HIS ACCELERATE STOP DISTANCE PRIOR TO INITIATING THIS HIGH SPD RUN TO CLR CARBON FROM HIS ENG'S VALVES. PRIOR TO ABORTING THE RUN A GUST OF WIND GOT HIS ACFT MOMENTARILY AIRBORNE AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN HE HAD INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING TO STOP THE ACFT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A FENCE OR CAUSING A GND LOOP. HE CHOSE THE GND LOOP AND SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED THE NOSE STRUT AND AN ADJACENT ENG MOUNT. THE R WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED AS WELL. THE RPTR FURTHER STATED THAT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAA ALLOWING STRUCTURES AND PWR LINES TO ENCROACH ON THE SAFETY MARGINS PLTS NEED FOR TKOF AND LNDG. WHP'S RWY 12 IS DISPLACED 729 FT FOR PWR LINES. SOME ARPTS ARE WORSE. THE FAA HAS NOT YET CLASSIFIED THIS INCIDENT BUT REQUIRED THE RPTR TO TAKE AN ORAL AND WILL REQUIRE A FLT CHK BEFORE HE IS ALLOWED TO FLY AGAIN.